San Cristóbal de La Laguna, July 19, 2025 - The Festival de Cine Fantástico de Canarias Ciudad de La Laguna Isla Calavera presents the official poster for its ninth edition, which will take place from November 7 to 16, inspired by the film Metropolis (1927), a masterpiece of silent films and one of the pillars of science fiction cinema and German expressionism. The poster is the work of Daniel Fumero, co-director of the festival with Ramón González Trujillo.
In addition, Metropolis will be shown in November at Multicines Tenerife, the festival venue, in a special event under the direction of Luis Posada, famous for dubbing Johnny Depp, Jim Carrey and Leonardo DiCaprio into Spanish, in which other great dubbing actors and actresses from our country, such as Graciela Molina (Natalie Portman, Christina Ricci, Kirsten Dunst), will also participate to give voice to the silent film.
The screening will be accompanied by live original music by Jonay Armas, to fully enjoy this immersive experience, an original production of the Isla Calavera Festival that has become an indispensable date in its annual program. First film declared World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO, thanks to the recovery of lost footage and its restoration. Metropolis has become an outstanding visual and thematic reference.
More guests, first titles of the official competition section and other films and activities that will be part of the program will be announced soon.
Tenerife Zombie Walk
On the other hand, on Friday, October 31, returns one of the most anticipated previous events: the Isla Calavera Tenerife Zombie Walk City of La Laguna, a fun participatory parade of "living dead", for all audiences, which will tour the night of Halloween the historic center of the World Heritage Site. Free make-up tents, gastronomic spaces, music, entertainment and other surprises will be part of the offer of the fifth edition of this "Zombie Walk", based on the classic characters popularized by movies, television, comics and fantasy literature.
About the Festival de Cine Fantástico de Canarias Isla Calavera (Skull Island Fantastic Film Festival of the Canary Islands)
Organized by the Charlas de Cine Cultural Association, the Isla Calavera Cultural Association, Multicines Tenerife and the specialized publication TumbaAbierta.com, the ninth edition of the Isla Calavera Festival is sponsored by the City Council of La Laguna, through the Department of Culture, the Government of the Canary Islands, Promotur, Canary Islands Tourism, Canary Islands Latitud de Vida, Cabildo de Tenerife, Canary Islands Institute of Cultural Development and Canary Islands Film; and the collaboration of the University of La Laguna, La Laguna Zona Comercial, Alda Producciones, Zulay Panaderías, Grupo Fly Luxury, Juan Antonio Ribas Subtítulos y Ediciones Digitales, Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Tacoronte-Acentejo, Mercado Nuestra Señora de África, Culturamanía, CinemaNext, Flaming Frames, Fundación SGAE, Teatro Leal, Tenerife Film Commission, José Acosta Style, Audi Canarias, Coca-Cola and Royal Bliss.
Isla Calavera was born in 2017 and in its first eight years of trajectory has achieved a significant impact and is considered one of the most relevant fantastic film meetings in the country, member of Méliès International Festivals Federation (MIFF), which brings together 32 members from 22 countries in four continents, with a worldwide audience of more than 900,000 spectators each year.
Internationally, it has become one of the events to be taken into account, recommended by the prestigious specialized publication Dread Central as one of the best genre festivals in the world, thanks to the participation of such relevant figures as Ron Perlman, Henry Thomas, Adrienne Barbeau, John Landis, Joe Dante, Lou Ferrigno, Sam J. Jones, Deborah Nadoolman, Sarah Douglas, Rick Baker, Caroline Munro, David Naughton, Enzo G. Castellari, Mick Garris, Neil Marshall, Charlotte Kirk, Nicholas Rowe, Colin Arthur, Jack Taylor, Amber Heard or Eduardo Noriega. Other guests who have visited Tenerife as part of the Canary Islands Fantastic Film Festival and who have put the event on the map of film meetings are Belén Rueda, Álex de la Iglesia, Manuela Velasco, F. Javier Gutiérrez, Víctor Clavijo, Silvia Tortosa, Paco Plaza, Carolina Bang, Paco Cabezas, Víctor Matellano, Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Eugenio Mira and Lola Dueñas, among others.
